Build Your Own RTMP Server On A Synology NAS

In this video, Build Your Own RTMP Server On A Synology NAS, I walk you through the process of building your own RTMP server inside a Docker container on a Synology NAS.


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CLI Commands used in this video:
To obtain the container ID - sudo docker container ls
To get into the root level of the container - sudo docker exec -it container ID bash

To install Nano editor:
apt-get update
apt install nano

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[keithbennett]

I was tracking until half way through, then it’s flying over my non programming Brain.
I do like your videos and your willingness to teach. I will give it another go on a work day.

[PapaSharmaJi]

Thanks for the video... It was useful..

[gonzalomoldes]

Thanks! :)

Finally i have my own rtmp. :)

[UnkyjoesPlayhouse]

I am going to have to explore this on my end..

[dbmgreen]

Great video, I'm trying to use the Synology "Live Stream" app to youtube, but it stops after 8 / 10 /12 hours randomly. Any notes as to whether this method "stays alive" longer?

Also, how do you control the bandwidth via this method?

My camera is pretty high res, and it does hog bandwidth unless I dial it down.

[martinmatejka]

Hi! Thanks for an interresting video! I am a few steps back on this one and so far havent been able to google it O:-) . And maybe it is due to my NAS inability to work with it. So I have Synology DS218 - can I even stream video into it? If so, can you point me how? Do I need some service which enable me the RTMP? I havent been able to find anything useful so far :(
Also I noticed that DS2x are not compatible with Docker - is that mean I have to low-end version to output the stream?
Thanks!

[FriikD]

... you need to create a compose.yaml file that installs the necessary packages and either use the yaml to insert the nginx configurations or make the configuration file persistent. you don't make any configuration changes within the docker container as it's lost once your project is rebuilt, e.g. on Synology restart.

[familynoulet-beserra]

Hi, great tutorial and got it working in no time!!! Just wondering if there's an easy way to access and adjust the nginx.conf file? (I tought it was mentioned in the comments before, but can't find it anymore) Cheers

[MilanReed]

Hi there! thank you so much for this video, I've been trying to figure out how to do this for weeks and your explanation finally made it clear. My only question is how do I save the stream on the Synology NAS? I want to keep the high resolution copy before youtube adds compression. Thanks for your help!

[SanderKranenbarg]

Thank you for the video; I managed to copy all the steps and make my own RTMP server as you did. However now I want to stream one of my IP cameras connected to my NAS to YT using the RTMP server (instead of the - unfortunately rather buggy Live Broadcast app). Do you have a follow-up video on how to do this? I am rather ignorant in this area, but I don't know how to select a stream from my NAS for streaming to YT.

[jjrecourt]

Thanks a lot for the video Tony! I have a question, what if you don't want to send the stream to YT or similar? What I want to do is have my own youtube, where I can generate a viewing link to be directely embedded on a website or played on VLC remotely. Is a PULL command then? I'm already doing this on my mac with a little app called "Local RTMP Server" I want to do the same on my synology NAS to free the mac from that work, thanks

[kmcg]

Thanks for the video. I'm hoping this will save me some money. I installed a video wall in my kitchen and I need a computer that is wired to my router to broadcast over over a UDP port that my video wall tiles are listening to. Can i substitute my UDP url where you wrote the streaming id url?

[AlexBaffo]

Hello have Syno NAS any HDMI input port or any video input port ? I would try this: PC videocard → Video input port Syno → Stream on Twitch server via RTMP Syno in real time. Do you think is it possible ? tyvm Alex

[rijnmondmedia]

Great video.
Any suggestions for rtmps? Since Facebook Live doesn't allow RTMP anymore. Perhaps an instruction for stunnel on the docker?
Tx

[RoolandTheunissen]

so would it be possible to stream to my wordpress website on the synology ?

[davidalbert]

Let say I have an SDI video feed I converted to RTSP but I need to distribute locally within my LAN. I want only my local 20-30 users to watch the stream via a weblink. I am not allowed to publish to YouTube or any other CDN, I need to distribute the video myself. Will this Synology NAS solution work?

[bike-pass-swish]

Hi Tony I love your videos! I've got my container configured. I presume that to stream to my new RMTP server I configure the server as r, tp://IP Address:Port in the streaming software I want to use. I'm using a specific app on my iphone called SportsCam, it requires a stream key. can I generate a streamkey for the NGINX RMTP server?

[Norain]

Thanks a lot for the video! Very interesting what we can archive. If I would like to stream outside of my home network, using my phone lte, how should I configure it? Which rtmp address do I have to enter for the stream?

Greetings and all the best

[GrishTech]

To make it easier to modify the file in the future, you make yourself a copy of that nginx config file, then do the following:

Modify the docker container > add a new volume, and then mount that specific file that you can access from a file share. Example:

Now you can modify the nginx.conf file from your mac/pc via an smb share, then just restart the docker container after you save your changes. No more hassle with executing a shell into the docker container to do the changes.

[deadhead]

THanks for making it easy to understand. your audio at least to me, was a little hard to hear. Like the mic was too sensitive.